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Sci Rep 2022 May 19;12(1):8409. Epub 2022 May 19.

Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700019, India.

The genus Lentzea is a rare group of actinobacteria having potential for the exploration of bioactive compounds. Despite its proven ability to produce compounds with medical relevance, Lentzea genome analysis remains unexplored. Here we show a detailed understanding of the genetic features, biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), and genetic clusters for carbohydrate-active enzymes present in the Lentzea genome. Read More

Int J Biol Macromol 2022 May 16;211:711-728. Epub 2022 May 16.

School of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:

Carbohydrate polymers with unique chemical composition, molecular weight and functional chemical groups show multiple potentials in drug delivery. Most carbohydrate polymers such as plant polysaccharides exhibit advantages of biodegradability, ease of modification, low immunogenicity and low toxicity. They can be conjugated, cross-linked or functionally modified, and then used as nanocarrier materials. Read More

Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2022 May 19:1-24. Epub 2022 May 19.

Food Security Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

Now-a-days, the food/pharma realm faces with great challenges for the application of bioactive molecules when applying them in free form due to their instability in vitro/in vivo. For promoting the biological and functional properties of bioactive molecules, efficient delivery systems have played a pivotal role offering a controlled delivery and improved bioavailability/solubility of bioactives. Among different carbohydrate-based delivery systems, seed gum-based vehicles (SGVs) have shown great promise, facilitating the delivery of a high concentration of bioactive at the site of action, a controlled payload release, and less bioactive loss. Read More

Adv Mater 2022 May 18:e2201840. Epub 2022 May 18.

College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Institute of Polymers and Energy Chemistry, Nanchang University, 999 Xuefu Avenue, Nanchang, 330031, China.

The inhomogeneity, poor interfacial contact and pin-holes caused by the coffee-ring effect severely affect the printing reliability of flexible perovskite solar cells (PSCs). Herein, inspired by the bio-glue of barnacles, a bionic interface layer (Bio-IL) of NiO /levodopa is introduced to suppress the coffee-ring effect during printing perovskite modules. The coordination effect of the sticky functional groups in Bio-IL can pinning the three-phase contact line and restrain the transport of perovskite colloidal particles during the printing and evaporation process. Read More

ACS Macro Lett 2021 05 29;10(5):609-615. Epub 2021 Apr 29.

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.

Two renewable, structurally analogous monomers, isosorbide undecenoate (IU) and glucarodilactone undecenoate (GDLU) reacted with pentaerythritol tetrakis(3-mercaptopropionate) (PETT) via thiol-ene photopolymerization to form IU-PETT and GDLU-PETT thermosets. Despite their chemical similarity, uniaxial tensile testing showed that GDLU-PETT exhibited a strain-hardening behavior and is significantly tougher than IU-PETT. To understand this observation, in situ tensile testing and wide-angle X-ray scattering experiments (WAXS) were conducted. Read More